Background
Hostetter, Amos Barr was born on January 12, 1937 in New York City. Son of Amos Barr and Leola (Conroy) H. Bachelor cum laude, Amherst College, 1958.
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Amos Barr Hostetter, American cable television executive. award 1975), Amherst College Society. Member National Cable television Association (national chairman 1973-1974, director 1968-1975, 82, Larry Boggs award 1975), Amherst College Society Alumni (president 1982-1984, executive committee 1982, chairman 1987), International Radio and television Society.
Education
He attended the Pingry School for his secondary education and graduated in the Class of 1954.
Career
Assistant to vice president finance American & Foreign Power Company. New York City, 1958-1959. Investment analyst Cambridge (Massachusetts) Capital Corporation, 1961-1963.
Co-founder, executive vice president Continental Cablevision, Inc., Boston, 1963-1980, president, chief Executive officer, 1980-1985, chairman, chief Executive officer, 1985-1996. Chief Executive Officer MediaOne, Inc., Boston, 1996. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Continental Cablevision, Inc.
(named changed to Media One), 1985. Founder, board directors Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network, 1979. Board directors Commodities Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey.
Trustee various mutual funds Massachusetts Finance Services, 1985;board directors Corporation Public Broadcasting, Washington, 1975-1979, The Walter Kaitz Foundation, 1981. Trustee Children's television Workshop, New York City, 1980, New England Medical Center Hospital, Boston, 1981, Nantucket Conservation Foundation,1986. Corporator Perkins School for Blind, Watertown, Mass, 1982.
Board overseers Museum Fine Arts, Boston, 1987. Named Man of Year, Cablevision Magazine, 1972.
Membership
Member National Cable television Association (national chairman 1973-1974, director 1968-1975, 82, Larry Boggs award 1975), Amherst College Society Alumni (president 1982-1984, executive committee 1982, chairman 1987), International Radio and television Society.
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Religion
Episcopal Church